Israeli security

Political convulsions in Egypt are raising the specter of instability along Israel’s southern border. But many Israelis are hopeful the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood from power portends a return to a more familiar state of affairs — or even better. More ▸

Six months after the Iron Dome defense system rendered Hamas rockets largely ineffective during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza, I got a tour of the factory that produces its most vital component: a laser. The system, which can shoot down rockets within a circumference of 65 sq. miles, takes two trucks to transport… More ▸

While more information continues to trickle out about Prisoner X, the mysterious man with alleged Mossad ties who hanged himself in Israel’s Ayalon Prison in 2010 and was identified this week by an Australian TV show as Ben Zygier, it’s not the first case of an Israeli spy jailed without public knowledge and under secretive… More ▸